Book Review: In Harper Lee's ‘Go Set A Watchman' Atticus Finch Defends Jim Crow

In Harper Lee's ‘Go Set A Watchman' Atticus Finch Defends Jim Crow

Ever since the announcement in February that a second novel by Harper Lee had been found among her papers, untold numbers of readers have been counting the minutes until its publication. And why not? Ms. Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1960) is the most beloved novel in American history—more popular than even the Bible in numerous polls.

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